A CORONER in England has said there will be no further inquest into the tragic death of Anni Dewani who was murdered in South Africa on her honeymoon.

The North London Coroner ruled this morning "there is no sufficient cause to resume an inquest" into the death of Mrs Dewani, a Swedish woman of Indian origin who was living in the UK with her new British husband, Shrien Dewani, of Bristol.

Mrs Dewani, 28, was visiting a township in Cape Town with her husband as part of their 2010 honeymoon when their taxi was hijacked, Mr Dewani was let out of the car and Mrs Dewani was later found dead in the abandoned vehicle with a single gunshot wound and all her valuables missing.

For three years he resisted extradition from the UK to South Africa to stand trial on the basis of his mental health but eventually had all the charges against him dropped.

Mrs Dewani's family argued there were still many unanswered questions about how she was killed and asked for a full inquest to resume.

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Shrien and Anni Dewani had just married when she was killed

But at North London Coroner's Court, Senior Coroner Andrew Walker said: "I don't have sufficient cause to resume an inquest.

"In these proceedings, the matter will now rest.

"The fact that there are differing accounts of how Mrs Dewani came by her death does not, in my view, mean that the matters have not already been sufficiently established in public proceedings."

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Mrs Dewani entered the Best Model Bristol competition

He said if new evidence comes to light the family would be able to write to the Attorney General to request matters to be reopened.

But he said he was "prohibited" from reaching a conclusion which was inconsistent with the findings of the South African courts.

Representing the family, Christopher Staker had submitted that "as a result of the proceedings in South Africa, in this case, more questions have been raised than have been answered".

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Mr Dewani in the dock in South Africa last year

He said: "The family's primary preference would be for an inquest to proceed now.

"The reason for that is that there is simply, as a result of what has happened in South Africa, no clear picture - in fact we have a contradictory picture - of what happened between the time that Anni's parents last spoke to her on the evening of 13 November 2010.

"On the morning of 14 November 2010, at 7.50am she was found dead in a car in Cape Town, with a bullet wound to the neck.

"The question that the family are desperately seeking an answer to is what happened between the time that her parents last spoke to her on the evening of the 13th, and the time that she was found dead the next morning in a car.

"And what circumstances led from one to the other."

Mr Dewani was not at the hearing but wrote a letter read by his wife's father, Vinod Hindocha, 66, and uncle, Ashok Hindocha, 55.

The case in South Africa collapsed before Mr Dewani had to give evidence and he has never spoken publicly about what happened.

But a statement read out in court said Mr Dewani described himself as "bisexual" and he had slept with male prostitutes.

A male escort named The German Master was a key prosecution witness but his evidence was ruled inadmissable.

Taxi driver Zola Tongo and his two accomplices, Mziwamadoda Qwabe and Xolile Mngeni, were jailed for their role in Mrs Dwani's killing after pleading guilty.